Haier US Appliance Solutions, Inc.

Haier Smart Home Co., Ltd.

Dimitar Tcholakov

Michael Goodman Schroeder

Gregory William Hahn

David Scott Dunn

Wayne E Lawson

Marla Boado Encinosa

Jivko Ognianov Djerekarov

A laundry appliance includes a cabinet defining an interior volume and a housing mounted within the interior volume of the cabinet. The laundry appliance also includes an air filter assembly positioned in the housing. The air filter assembly includes a shell, a sealing member on a face of the shell, and a biasing element configured to bias the shell into sealing engagement with the housing.

Laundry appliance filter with biasing elements

A laundry appliance includes a cabinet. The cabinet defines an interior volume. The laundry appliance also includes an air filter assembly. The air filter assembly is positioned in the cabinet. The air filter assembly includes a latch. The latch is configured to releasably engage a housing of the laundry appliance.

Laundry appliance filter assembly retention latch

A laundry appliance includes a cabinet defining an interior volume with a housing mounted within the interior volume of the cabinet. An air filter is positioned in the housing. The air filter may be positioned upstream of a heating system of the laundry appliance. The laundry appliance also includes a drain path extending through the housing.

Laundry appliance drainage

A mechano-caloric heat pump includes a mechano-caloric stage, an elongated lever arm pivotable about a point, and a motor is operable to rotate a cam. The elongated lever arm is coupled to the mechano-caloric stage proximate a first end portion of the elongated lever arm and to the cam proximate a second end portion of the elongated lever arm such that the motor is operable to stress the mechano-caloric stage via pivoting of the elongated lever arm as the cam rotates.

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Louisville, KY, United States of America

Dimitar Tcholakov